Assets at Community Funds Climb 20%, Survey Finds
By HARVY LIPMANDriven by the booming stock market and an influx of new donations, ALSO SEE:Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 1999 combined assets at community foundations across the nation grew to nearly $30-billion last year, an increase of almost 20 percent from 1998, according…
By Harvy Lipman
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Ga. Church Receives Bequest of $60-Million; Other Gifts
Several nonprofit organizations have received large gifts: St. Marys United Methodist Church, in St. Marys, Ga., has received $60-million in an unrestricted bequest from Warren Bailey, former mayor of St. Marys and a co-owner of Camden Telephone Company, which served the region where the church is…
Israel’s Ties to Nonprofit Groups and Services Run Deep
By HAIM WATZMANIt’s no surprise that Israel’s nonprofit groups are a major force. The country began as a nonprofit conglomerate that turned into a state. Israeli nonprofit groups employ 9.2 percent of the labor force, ranking it fourth ALSO SEE:Philanthropy Takes Root in IsraelGroups Apply…
By Haim Watzman
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Web Site Links Donors to Data on Israeli Charities
By HAIM WATZMANAs Israelis are increasingly being encouraged to give to charity, new tools are making it easier for them to learn about the organizations seeking help. Eliezer D. Jaffe, a long-standing investigator of Israeli nonprofit organizations ALSO SEE:Philanthropy Takes Root in IsraelGroups…
By Haim Watzman
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Groups Apply Principles of Organized Philanthropy to Israel’s Culture of Giving
By HAIM WATZMAN“A young Torah scholar is critically ill and needs money to fund treatment overseas!” blared the loudspeaker from a car that drove through a residential neighborhood of Jerusalem one recent evening. The number of neighbors who got out of ALSO SEE:Philanthropy Takes Root in IsraelWeb…
By Haim Watzman
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Philanthropy Takes Root in Israel
Social programs begin to receive private support in organized wayJerusalem The road to Galileo Technology winds up from an Arab village over a Galilean hill, past the spacious red-roofed villas built by young Israelis in search of open spaces and inexpensive real estate. The semiconductor-design…
By Haim Watzman
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Photograph by Chris TakagiMaggie Tidwell spends her days working to bring stability to families whose lives have very little. As executive director of the Colfax Community Network, Ms. Tidwell runs a charity that provides after-school care and a host of other services to children who live with…
Community Foundations’ Assests, Gifts, and Grants in 1999
ALSO SEE:Assets at Community Funds Climb 20%, Survey Finds Total Market Value of Assets Total Gifts Received Total Grants Paid Top 50 1. New York Community Trust $2,009,608,582 2. Cleveland Foundation $1,559,937,794 3. Marin Community Foundation (Calif.) $1,248,249,804 4. Chicago Community Trust…
Volunteer Dispute Mediators Among Latest ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
$111-Million Bequest to Finance 29 Nonprofit Groups; Other Recent Gifts
Numerous nonprofit organizations have received multimillion-dollar gifts recently: A San Francisco woman has left a bequest worth $111-million to benefit 29 nonprofit organizations. Dora Donner Ide, who died in 1998 at age 82, specified that the money be used to build the organizations’ endowments.…
Meeting the Needs of Our Nation’s Neighborhoods: a Tribute
Grassroots efforts to solve social problems in Alaskan fishing towns, inner-city Philadelphia neighborhoods, American Indian reservations, and elsewhere are featured in a book, Web site, and traveling museum exhibit financed by the Pew Charitable Trusts. “Indivisible: Stories of American…
Investment strategy guides donor in his effort to enhance urban lifeRichard H. Driehaus made his first investment when he was 15. Using $2,000 he had ALSO SEE:The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Photograph by Ken Martin/Impact VisualsWhat was once a building so dilapidated that the Veterans Administration abandoned it today is home to a charity that serves homeless and unemployed veterans. Under a federal law that allows nonprofit organizations to convert derelict federal property into…
‘Points of Light’ Awards Go to Volunteers Who Help Youngsters
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…